48 USC § 1508 - Application to District of Columbia

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1508"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1508 - Application to District of Columbia"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1508"
section_name: "Application to District of Columbia"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, § 1, 33 Stat. 733.)"
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# § 1508. Application to District of Columbia

Aliens shall have the same rights and privileges concerning the acquisition, holding, owning, and disposition of real estate in the District of Columbia as are conferred upon aliens in respect of real estate in the Territories of the United States by this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, § 1, 33 Stat. 733.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , Aliens and Nationality.

Section was not enacted as part of , , which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeals

, , repealed all laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the provisions of this section.